{"id":1969,"date":"2022-07-12T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:33:01","slug":"hurricane-preparedness-week-in-massachusetts-july-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/2022\/07\/12\/hurricane-preparedness-week-in-massachusetts-july-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"“Hurricane Preparedness Week” in Massachusetts, July 10-16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mass Emergency Management (MEMA) recently shared a press release amplifying Governor Baker Proclaims July 10-16 as \u201cHurricane Preparedness Week\u201d | Mass.gov<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A partial transcription of the Proclamation is copied here and provides persuasive and practical advice for increasing your personal preparedness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, Many destructive and deadly tropical storms and hurricanes have caused damage in the Commonwealth; and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, Both coastal and inland communities in Massachusetts are at risk of being impacted by powerful tropical cyclones; and <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, During the Atlantic Hurricane Season, which occurs June 1 through November 30, historically most of the major storms that have impacted New England have occurred between August and October; and <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, The high winds, storm surge and inland flooding associated with these storms threaten the lives and property of our citizens; and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and more than 70 Emergency Support Function organizations continue to prepare for disasters such as hurricanes; and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, Government cannot address hurricane resilience alone – every community, organization, individual and family has a role to play in preparedness to safeguard lives, protect property, and mitigate impacts; and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency recommends that residents and businesses take important steps to prepare for the next major storm, including learning whether you live or work in a hurricane evacuation zone, developing an emergency plan, building an emergency supply kit, staying informed, preparing homes and businesses; and <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, All residents of the Commonwealth are urged to take steps to prepare for emergencies and use the preparedness resources at www.mass.gov\/mema\/hurricanes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Therefore, I, Charles D. Baker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby proclaim July 10th to the 16th, 2022, to be,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hurricane Preparedness Week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And urge all the citizens of the Commonwealth to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mass Emergency Management (MEMA) recently shared a press release amplifying Governor Baker Proclaims July 10-16 as \u201cHurricane Preparedness Week\u201d | Mass.gov. A partial transcription of the Proclamation is copied here and provides persuasive and practical advice for increasing your personal preparedness: Whereas, Many destructive and deadly tropical storms and hurricanes have caused damage in … Continue reading “Hurricane Preparedness Week” in Massachusetts, July 10-16<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1974,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions\/1974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/costepma\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}